Action Strategies for Personal Achievement Action Guide

72 Pages·2016·0.64 MB·English

by  Brain Tracy

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 1—Maximum Performance
Unlocking Your Potential................................................................................ 5
Taking Charge of Your Life ............................................................................. 6
Seven Mental Laws.......................................................................................... 7
Tapping Your Subconscious Mind .................................................................. 9
Volume 2—Personal Strategic Planning
Strategic Thinking........................................................................................... 10
The Master Skill of Success........................................................................... 11
Achieving Your Goals ..................................................................................... 12
The Superconscious Mind .............................................................................. 14
Volume 3—Managing Your Time
Mastering Your Time .................................................................................... 15
Maximizing Your Productivity ........................................................................ 16
Streamlining Your Life .................................................................................... 18
Balancing Work and Family............................................................................. 19
Volume 4—Career Advancement Strategies
Your Most Valuable Asset................................................................................ 20
How to Get the Job You Want ........................................................................ 21
Leveraging Your Potential............................................................................... 23
Fast-Tracking Your Career............................................................................... 24
Volume 5—Creating Wealth
Money and You............................................................................................... 26
The Way the World Works .............................................................................. 27
Blueprint for Financial Independence............................................................ 29
Leadership—The Critical Difference.............................................................. 30
Volume 6—Unlocking Your Mental Powers
The Psychology of Success............................................................................. 31
Stepping on Your Mental Accelerator............................................................. 32
Creative Problem Solving ............................................................................... 34
Effective Decision Making .............................................................................. 36
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Volume 7—Negotiating, Communicating, Persuading
Negotiating Strategies and Tactics .................................................................. 37
Communicating for Results ............................................................................ 40
How to Influence and Persuade Others ......................................................... 41
Volume 8—The Development of Character
The Foundation of Character.......................................................................... 43
The Conquest of Fear ..................................................................................... 44
The Iron Quality of Success............................................................................ 46
The Power of Love.......................................................................................... 47
Volume 9—Personal Dynamism and Energy
High-Energy Performance............................................................................... 49
Stress Management and Achieving Personal Effectiveness............................. 51
Volume 10—Power with People
Developing a Success Personality................................................................... 54
Love and Romance ......................................................................................... 55
How to Raise Super Kids ................................................................................ 56
Volume 11—Strategies for Business Success
Starting Your Own Business ........................................................................... 58
Marketing Strategies and Tactics..................................................................... 59
Getting the Money You Need ......................................................................... 60
How to Sell Well ............................................................................................. 62
Volume 12—Building Your Financial Estate
Real Estate Investment Strategies ................................................................... 64
Managing for Results ...................................................................................... 66
How to Succeed by Really Trying................................................................... 68
VOLUME 1
M A X I M U M P E R F O R M A N C E
Unlocking Your Potentia l
In the entire history of the human race, there never has been anyone just like you. You
have the potential to do something special, even extraordinary.
1) If you had no fear of failure, what would you do?
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2) If the opinions or approval of others didn’t concern you, what would you do?
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3) What positive qualities do you possess that you like?
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4) What negative qualities do you wish you didn’t have?
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5) If you eavesdropped on people talking about you, what do you hope you’d hear?
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6) Action Commitment: What will you do differently because of what you have learned?
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Taking Charge o f Your L i fe
You must accept without reservation that if you want things to change, then you must
change first.
1) In the left column, describe unhappy situations that currently exist in your life; in the
right column, complete the sentence, “I am responsible for this because. . . .”
Un happy Si tuat ion I am respons ible because
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b. ______________________________________________________________________________
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c. ______________________________________________________________________________
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2) What are your major excuses for not making progress or change?
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3) What are the situations in which you become easily angered?
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4) What are you blaming on others when you become angry?
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5) Action Commitment: What will you do differently because of what you have learned?
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Seven Menta l Laws
People can do anything, be anything, go anywhere, change any part of their lives for
the better, whenever they want.
1) The Law of Control: You feel positive about yourself to the degree to which you feel
you are in control of your own life.
What parts of your life do you feel are most and least under your control?
Most Under Cont ro l Least Under Contro l
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2) The Law of Cause and Effect: For every effect in your life there is a specific cause;
everything happens for a reason.
How has The Law of Cause and Effect worked in your relationships, family, career
or financial situation?
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3) The Law of Belief: Whatever you believe with feeling or emotion becomes your reality.
The Law of Expectation: Whatever you expect with confidence becomes your
self-fulfilling prophecy.
The Law of Attraction: Because you inevitably attract into your life people and situations
in harmony with your dominant thoughts, everything that is in your life you have
attracted to yourself because of the person you are.
The Law of Correspondence: Your outer world is a mirror image of your inner world; as 7
within, so without.
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M A X I M U M P E R F O R M A N C E
The Law of Mental Equivalency: Your thoughts, vividly imagined and repeated, charged
with emotion, become your reality.
Which of these five laws worked in the following areas of your life?
Relationships:____________________________________________________________________
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Financial:________________________________________________________________________
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Employment:_____________________________________________________________________
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4) Action Commitment: What will you do differently because of what you have learned?
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Tapping Your Subconscious Mind
Your subconscious mind is an amazing powerhouse that, when properly used, can move
you rapidly toward the achievement of your goals and your desires.
1) Compile a “dream list” of things you’d like to see in your life. Remember: “Whatever the
mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”
a. ___________________________________ e. ____________________________________
b. ___________________________________ f. ____________________________________
c. ___________________________________ g. ____________________________________
d. ___________________________________ h. ____________________________________
2) What sorts of things do you dwell upon most of the time?
Family: _______________________________________________________________________
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Work:________________________________________________________________________
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Health: _______________________________________________________________________
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Relationships:__________________________________________________________________
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3) Action Commitment: What will you do differently because of what you have learned?
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VOLUME 2
P E R S O N A L S T R A T E G I C P L A N N I N G
Stra tegic Thinking
Strategic thinking is a skill that can move you more rapidly toward your goals than you
ever believed possible.
1) What three people—living or dead—do you most admire? Why?
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c. ____________________________________________________________________________
2) List other qualities you admire in people and would like to possess yourself.
a. ____________________________________________________________________________
b. ____________________________________________________________________________
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3) Now reconsider the various admirable qualities you’ve listed above and rank them in
order of your personal priorities.
4) In the space below, write your personal mission statement: in the present tense, describe
the kind of person you want to be and the kind of life you want to live based on the
positive qualities and values you’ve identified.
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5) Action Commitment: What will you do differently because of what you have learned?
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